Life...It Happens

Well, I'm about to tell you something. It was kind of a secret. I had told a handful of people.

Sometime in October, I determined to write every day for one year. I was inspired by a friend of mine who wrote a song a day every day for one year. She did it, too! I was impressed by this, and decided to set a goal for myself. I have been successful (I mean to say, I have written...I cannot say that it was always quality writing!)...until yesterday. 

I have, in the past few months, given myself a grace period of a few hours; sometimes my post wasn't written until after midnight of a certain day. Technicalities were overlooked. I am fine with that. And yesterday, I meant to write a post sometime after dinner, but I was reading. I wanted to finish a book before I handed it to Michaela to read, so I was pushing myself to get through it. (It was very good.) (I love (love, love, love) well-written children's literature.) Bedtime for the kids arrived, I read some more, and Mike and I hung out for a bit. Then it was late.

And I meant to write a quick post (I'm not even sure what I was going to write.) but then I forgot! 

When I realized that I had not written a post, I was sad. Not devastated, but bummed. 

Then I realized I had written something yesterday! But it was on Facebook. Hmmm. That probably should not count...ha! Here are my Facebook posts:

-I just wrote "2012"...that's what the time change does for me. I lose an hour, and a year.

-We are so, so, so, so, so, so off any remotely normal kind of schedule that I'm afraid this coming Monday is going to be the mother of all Mondays. Seriously considering melatonin for all of us.

- (in response to a friend's comment on the above post) We totally skipped Spring Break and went straight to summer vacation. Ooops.

So there you have some examples of my brilliant Facebook posts. 

Here is what I'm going to do. I'm not going to let one day derail my plan or make me lose sight of my goal. I'm going to give myself grace and acknowledge that the things I spent my time on instead of writing were just as, if not more, important than being legalistic. And tonight, I will write again! 

And now, my girls have been invited next door to swim, so I must accompany them. That's what happens, isn't it? Life...

Comments

[Chandra]

I love,love,love great children's literature as well, Christina. I often say that I would like to be a children's librarian in my next life. And do you know that C.S. Lewis said "No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally worth reading at the age of fifty." I agree. I'd love a list of your favorites for boys and girls, BTW.